Thus she would well repay
The debt, and I was grateful- the English made
Life hard for those who did not come to her aid.
(The White Cliffs)
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If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
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And now too late, we see these things are one; The art is sacrifice and self-control; And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.
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Out of the dark, and dearth
Of happiness on earth,
Out of a world inured to death and pain;
On a fair spring mom
To me a son was born,
And hope was born-the future lived again.
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Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.
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